Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

regrouped from his early-race confrontation wi th Schmit to round o u t the top five. It was late afternoon when the main too k to the track, which was now rutted and rough fro m a fu ll day of competition. Whe n the dust sett led from the start it was Bader Manneh o ut front with Pederson, Schmit, Moody, Chamberlain and Lawrence all following in very close formation. On the fifth lap Manne h swapped out of control down a fast straight and went th ro ugh the ban ners , giving the lead lO Lawrence since he had passed Schmit moments earlier. Law rence quickly p u t day light between himself and Schmit while Chamberlain closed in third. At th e halfway point, Lawren ce was flaw less up front while Schmi t rode h is shadow in second. Chamberl ain began to sli p back in thi rd whil e Pederson was fourth and closin g. On the fin al laps La wrence hastened hi s pace and pulled away fro m Sch mit to earn the win, Pederson passed Chamberlain lO finish third. Schmit showed wh y he is the l25cc World Champion with a start lO fini sh romp of the firs t 125cc Pro m oto , Lawrence and Lewis had a seven -lap battle for second that almost resulted in tragedy for bot h riders. "He tried to squeeze inside, I moved over and he hit the ledge below the turn and somehow launched in front of me," said Lewis . Lawrence closed on Schmit in the fina l laps bu t time ran out before he was with in stri king distance. Lewis fin ished a lo nely th ird in front of Moody and Craig Canoy. Dave Castillo holeshot th e seco nd mo to bu t Lawrence quickly too k over the lead by the third turn. Schmit moved to second th en squirted by Lawrence for the lead by th e com p letion of the third lap. Lawren ce' kept the World cha mp in sight bu t was un abl e to mount an y sort of charge. Kyle Lewis started sixth an d finish ed third in front of Ch amberlain and Ch ad Pederso n. Greg Perol io rode on both tracks as he was entered in the Vet Novice d i visi on two and 250cc Begi n n er di vision o ne classes. Perolio was king of the 250cc Beginner class with a double-moto romp over Patr ick Fringer and Sal Ugarte. Perol io was off to a repeat performa nce in the Vet Novice diviso n with a win over Ra ndy Paul in a n d Ji m Peters. Bu t Pa u li n was dete rmined in the second moto and took the mo to and overall win over Perolio, wh o finished second in front of Jim Harris. Da mo n Huffman swept all four motos in th e 250cc Intermediate division o ne and 125cc Intermediate division two classes . Huffman and Billy Felts waged war in both 125cc In term edi ate rnotos and left th e pack far behind. In both outings the two Kaw asaki rider s sta yed cl o se and exchanged the lead frequently with Huffm an pushing ahead in both rnoto s for the win. Freddie Villagra finished a distan t th ird in front of Bill Sauro and Jake Trist. Steve Drew topped perform an ces in 125cc Interrndiate division one an d 250cc Intermediate division two classes as he won all four motos in a smiliar fash ion. Ryan Johnson led a good part of both 125cc Intermediat e di vision o ne rno tos but wa s reeled in by Drew both tim es. Once into th e lead Drew simply disappeared. Sea n Pagel did n' t get good starts and spent much of bot h rno tos fig hting th rough th e pa ck to finish seco nd. 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